The People’s Blog

Greetings!  I write amid the waning days of summer to give you a sense of what’s ahead this fall. Our team has so much to share that you’ll find this newsletter packed with links so you can [...]

Greetings all, Things are hopping as we barrel toward mid-summer. That’s why this newsletter is jam-packed with links to updates, invites, and legislative highlights. Before we dive in, I want to [...]

Two important bills, at the intersection of the environment and our health, are coming up for a public hearing next Tuesday, June 22, before the Joint Committee on Public Health. I warmly welcome [...]

Greetings, We have a Senate budget!  Read on for a summary of our team’s budget priorities, followed by a calendar of events (and pictures of the cutest possible goat and lamb). On Thursday [...]

Greetings, MassDOT will be terminating the proposed roundabout project at Hatfield and North King Streets. MassDOT has expressed that its decision stems largely from the public comments they [...]

Greetings,  The top of this newsletter is all about redistricting. The bottom half contains a lot of important updates. Once every decade, the U.S. takes a census — a count — of the people living [...]

As part of my commitment to equity and opportunity in education, I introduced legislation to amend state law requiring the MCAS test to be used as a high school graduation requirement and as the [...]

Join me in celebrating the dozen incredible humans who are helping to power the Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester State Senate team. These interns and public health fellows are engaged in issue [...]

Greetings, Beginning Monday, April 19, all Massachusetts residents ages 16 and older become eligible for a COVID vaccine. Since the vaccine first became available, Sam Hopper from our team has [...]